Photograph letra

I found this photograph
Underneath the broken picture glass
Tender face of black and white
Beautiful, a haunting sight
Looked into an angel's smile
Captivated all the while
From the hair and clothes she wore
I'd place her in between the wars

Was she willing when she sat
And posed the pretty photograph?
Save her flowering and fair
The days to come, the days to share
A big smile for the camera
How did she know?
The moment could be lost forever
Forever more

I found this photograph
Stashed between the old joist walls
In a place where time is lost
Lost behind, where all things fall
Broken books and calendars
Letters script in careful hand
Music too, a standard tune by
Some forgotten big brass band

From the threshhold what's to see
Of our brave new century?
The television's just a dream
The radio, the silver screen
A big smile for the camera
How did she know?
The moment could be lost forever
Forever more

Was her childhood filled with rhymes
Stolen hooks, impassioned crimes?
Was she innocent or blind
To the cruelty of her time?
Was she fearful in her day
Was she hopeful, did she pray?
Were there skeletons inside
Family secrets, sworn to hide?
Did she feel the heat that stirs
The fall from grace of wayward girls?
Was she tempted to pretend
The love and laughter, 'til the end?

10000 Maniacs - Letras

• 'Til I Say So
• A Campfire Song
• A Room For Everything
• Across The Fields
• All That Never Happens
• Among The Americans
• Angel Of Harlem
• Angels, From The Realms Of Glory
• Anthem For Doomed Youth
• Arbor Day
• Back O' The Moon
• Because The Night
• Beyond the Blue
• Big Star
• Blind Faith
• Bread & Circuses
• Bread And Circuses
• Cabaret
• Can't Ignore The Train
• Candy Everybody Wants
• Cherry Tree
• Circle Dream
• City Of Angel
• City Of Angels
• Cotton Alley
• Crush On You
• Curious
• Daktari
• Dallas
• Death Of Manolete
• Don't Go Back To Rockville
• Don't Talk
• Dreadlock Holiday
• Dust Bowl
• Earth Pressed Flat
• Eat For Two
• Eden
• Ellen
• Even With My Eyes Closed
• Everyday Is Like Sunday
• Everyone A Puzzle Lover
• Few And Far Between
• From The Time We Say Goodbye
• Girl On A Train
• Glow
• Gold Rush Brides
• Green Children
• Grey Victory
• Groove Dub
• Gun Shy
• Hateful Hate
• Headstrong
• Hello In There
• Hey Jack Kerouac
• Hidden I'm My Heart
• Hidden In My Heart
• How You've Grown
• I Can't Take It
• I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)
• I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
• I Will Survive
• I'm Gonna Make You Miss Me
• I'm Not The Man
• If You Intend
• In the Quiet Morning
• Is You Feelin' Me
• Jezebel
• Jolene
• Jubilee
• Just As The Tide Was A Flowing
• Katrina's Fair
• Let The Mystery Be
• Like The Weather
• Lilydale
• Love Among The Ruins
• Maddox Table
• More Than Friends
• More Than This
• My Mother the War
• My Sister Rose
• National Education Week
• No More (Baby I'm a Do Right)
• Noah's Dove
• Ocean
• On and On
• Once a City
• Orange
• Party Of God
• Peace Train
• Photograph
• Pit Viper
• Planned Obsolescence
• Playas Gon' Play
• Please Forgive Us
• Poison In The Well
• Poor de Chiciro
• Poor De Chirico
• Pour de Chiciro
• Rainy Day
• Sally Ann
• Scorpio Rising
• Shining Light
• Smallest Step
• Somebody's Heaven
• Starman
• Stockton Gala Days
• Talkplugged
• Tension
• Tension Makes a Tangle
• The Big Parade
• The Colonial Wing
• The Earth Pressed Flat
• The Latin One
• The Lion's Share
• The Painted Desert
• These Are Days
• These Are The Days
• These Days
• Time Turns
• To Sir, With Love
• Tolerance
• Trouble Me
• Verdi Cries
• What's The Matter Here
• Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
• Wildwood Flower
• You Happy Puppet
• You Won't Find Me There